A boy whose head hangs at a 180-degree angle will get life changing
treatment thanks to an overwhelming response from donors around the
world.
Mahendra Ahirwar, 12, who suffers from a rare condition
that makes his neck bend and his head hang from his body, faced a bleak
future before his story was publicised last month.
And his desperate parents admitted they would rather he died than continue to suffer.
But Dr Rajagopalan Krishnan, a senior consultant and spinal surgeon, is hopeful he can improve Mahendra’s life - for free.
He said: "I’ve done a preliminary review of the child's clinical
status and we now have a working diagnosis and once I have completed a
few more studies, I am pretty sure that I can correct his disability by
surgery in the not too distant future.
"At the very least, I am
certain that I can improve his quality of life and he will be able to
look at the world straight rather than upside down.
"I just feel sad that nothing was done for this boy for 12 years of his life."
Dr Krishnan studied in the UK before working for the NHS for 15 years as a consultant orthopedic surgeon.
He
returned to India because of the amount of complex cases that very few
surgeons bother with in the country, and he now works at Indraprastha
Apollo Hospital, in New Delhi.
